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Document ID (ISN)37606
CIS number 82-654
ISSN - Serial title 0002-8894 - American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
Year 1981
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Samimi B.S., Williams A.M.
Title Occupational exposure to asbestos fibres resulting from use of asbestos gloves
Bibliographic information Dec. 1981, Vol.42, No.12, p.870-875. Illus. 12 ref.
Abstract 176 air samples were collected over 10 pairs of asbestos gloves in an isolation chamber during simulation of a sterilisation procedure. Means of time-weighted average (TWA) concentrations ranged from 0.95 to 11.74 fibres (>5µm/cm3 of air). Well-worn, clean gloves emitted more fibres than did new gloves, but fibre emission decreased with increased surface soiling. In a simulation of the sterilisation procedure in a well-ventilated room, the range of mean TWA concentrations was 0.07-0.99 fibre/cm3 for breathing zone samples and 0.06-0.60 fibre/cm3 for area samples. In actual workplaces the concentration range was 0.07-2.93 and 0.04-0.74 fibre/cm3 in breathing zones and areas respectively. 5 of 7 breathing zone samples in workplaces exceeded the proposed TWA concentration limit of 0.1 asbestos fibre/cm3. The use of available substitutes for asbestos gloves is strongly recommended.
Descriptors (primary) protective gloves; limitation of exposure; asbestos
Descriptors (secondary) skin contamination; substitution; exposure evaluation; laboratory work
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Dust, aerosols and related diseases
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Asbestos
Hand and arm protection